4. - How late will stores be open?
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5. - What will I be able to buy?

Buds or flowers from an incredibly wide range of ''strains'' of cannabis plants. In general, you’ll choose between products that are from ''saliva'' strains (generally more mentally active or prone to bring about feelings of euphoria, creativity and other mental states) and ''indic a'' strains (generally more of a relaxing ''body high'' with a dampening of any motivation to get off the couch).

When it comes to infused products,it's still unclear what products will be available. The board has new rules limiting what products can be sold ... especially anything that could be mistaken for candy.

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7. - How much will it cost?

Originally, the Office of Financial Management placed a price estimate of $12 per gram. Based on average retail mark-up practices, estimated producer price is $3 per gram and estimated processor price is $6 per gram. But, turns out the price will be more like $15 to $25 a gram to the consumer.

While this cost structure for the legal market isn’t set in stone, the going rate in the medical market tends to center on $10 a gram for the flower or buds, with some sales trending down toward $8 a gram and others upwards of $15 a gram.

However, the medical marijuana market doesn’t, at this time, have the built in tax structure that the legal pot market will have.
Washington’s rules put a 25 percent tax on each step of the process: So when a grower sells to a producer, the producer pays a 25 percent tax. When the producer sells to the retailer, the retailer pays 25 percent. And when you buy it, you’ll pay a 25 percent tax.

Consequently, these taxes will likely push up the price of legal marijuana, but how much is an open question.

Update: One caveat, pointed out by a reader,
is that growers may also be producers and thus cut one level of the tax out.

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8. - How much can I buy?

A single transaction is limited to one ounce of usable marijuana, sixteen ounces of marijuana-infused product in solid form, and seventy-two ounces of marijuana-infused product in liquid form for persons twenty-one years of age and older.

In Colorado: A Retail Marijuana Store Licensee and its employees are prohibited from selling more than one ounce of marijuana or its equivalent in Retail Marijuana Products during a single sales transaction to a Colorado resident.

They are prohibited from selling more than a quarter ounce of Retail Marijuana or its equivalent in Retail Marijuana Products during a single sales transaction to a Person who does not have a valid government issued picture identification card showing that the Person is a resident of the state of Colorado.

Photo: Jason Goodwin looks over product in the dispensary at Have a Heart cooperative.

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9. - Can I give marijuana to another person?

In Washington – No.

Giving it away is the same as selling it and only licensed sellers are allowed to do that.

Alison Holcomb, the ACLU attorney and lead architect of I-502, explained that the key word in the state law here is ''delivery'' and giving pot is delivering pot and so a felony. What the initiative does is carve out an exception for the state-licensed sale of marijuana and only that.

That said, under the new law, you don’t have to tell the police where you got the marijuana you have in your possession. So, the practical necessity for law enforcement seeking to bust you is having evidence of delivery.

However, keep in mind that you could face a felony charge for giving marijuana to someone.

In Colorado: Yes, you can give away up to an ounce of maryjane. The sticky issue for Colorado here, though, is a market niche wherein a pizza delivery company can deliver a $240 pizza that comes with a free ounce of weed.

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10. - Where will I be able to smoke it?

In Washington, pretty much only in your own home and out of view of the general public. Outside of that space, you’re looking at a civil fine, like a jaywalking ticket.

However, there are some grey areas likely to be explored by entrepreneurs. One of those grey areas surrounds ''private clubs.'' It’s likely ''private clubs'' – a club requiring an application for membership and dues and in a space that is not open to the general public – will open up.

You probably won’t be able to burn marijuana in those clubs, however, because that will run afoul of the state’s ban on smoking indoors. But, so far, vaporizing cannabis and concentrates isn’t disallowed in the state rules.

Photo: Micah Greenberg works behind the bar in the Dab Lounge at Have a Heart Cafe and Vapor/Dab Lounge on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 in Seattle's University District. The facility includes a space where medical marijuana patients can vaporize marijuana.

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11. - How will I know how strong it is?

All marijuana products will have to be tested for potency and carry a ''potency profile'' detailing the ''concentration of THC, THCA, CBD, CBDA, CBN, CBG, including a total of active cannabinoids.''

And, according to the law, Marijuana dosage and transaction limitations are as follows:

(1) Single serving. A single serving of a marijuana-infused product amounts to ten milligrams active tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), or Delta 9.

(2) Maximum number of servings. The maximum number of servings in any one single unit of marijuana-infused product is ten servings or one hundred milligrams of active THC, or Delta 9.

How you personally react to marijuana and the various strains of it – such as the mental high typical with sativa varieties or the ''couch-lock'' of the body hitting indicas – will simply be a matter of experimenting on your part.

The Liqour Control Board is in the process of licensing indoor and outdoor growers. There will be hundreds of licensed growers with one license each, with the largest capped at roughly 21,000 square feet of canopy.

Cities and towns across the state are still trying to figure this out, but most jurisdictions are allowing marijuana businesses but with zoning restrictions. Some like Pierce County and Yakima have bans in place.

I-502 restrictions are like federal restrictions in that a retailer or grower/producer cannot be within 1,000 feet of just about anything … schools, parks, federally supported housing.

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15. - How will the children be protected from it?

In Washington and Colorado, there are restrictions on advertising. Here’s Washington’s rules:

(2) General. All marijuana advertising of products sold in the state of Washington may not contain any statement, or illustration that: (a) Is false or misleading;
(b) Promotes over consumption;
(c) Represents the use of marijuana has curative or therapeutic effects;
(d) Depicts a child or other person under legal age to consume marijuana,

Or includes:
(i) Objects, such as toys, characters, or cartoon characters suggesting the presence of a child, or any other depiction designed in any manner to be especially appealing to children or other persons un- der legal age to consume marijuana; or
(ii) Is designed in any manner that would be especially appealing to children or other persons under twenty-one years of age.

Also – all marijuana-infused products much have child ''resistant'' packaging.

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16. - What if kids get caught with it?

Minors caught with marijuana face the same penalties as they did before I-502. If they are caught with less than 40 grams it’s a misdemeanor with a mandatory 24 hours in jail and up to 90 days. For more than 40 grams, it’s a felony that could cost $10,000 and five years in prison.

However, kids under 18 will go into the juvenile courts and likely, for first offense, end up in diversion or the same punishment they would get for being in possession of alcohol.

It’s the adults between the ages of 18 and 20 that are truly in a tough spot. They can still be hit with the full weight of possession and its penalties and the added consequence of losing financial aid for college and so on.

In both Washington and Colorado, if you get pulled over and an officer has enough probable cause to have your blood tested and you have .5 nanograms per-milliliter of active THC in your blood … then you are assumed to be driving under the influence.

However, that isn’t the only way you can get a DUI for marijuana use. An officer can also use the field test to prove you were impaired and get a conviction that way.

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18. - Will there continue to be a medical marijuana market?

Hard to say. Nothing in I-502 makes the medical market illegal or taxable, but the state legislature has been toying with several bills that would variously put the medical market under the same rules as I-502 stores or, at least, tax the bejesus out of it.

Medical marijuana storefront owners and growers can apply to become licensed recreational producers and sellers the same as anyone else. Their products, however, cannot become recreational pot since all recreational pot sold in a license store will have to be grown/produced by a licensed grower/producer. Medical marijuana grown outside of the system is not allowed.

In Colorado: The new rules in Colorado say medical marijuana growers and retailers can apply to have their supplies and shops switched to a recreational outlet.

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19. - Can I have it delivered to my home?

Pete Holmes, Seattle city attorney and one of the sponsors of I-502, recently wrote to the liquor control board about this issue:

''A careful reading of I-502 suggests that bicycle and truck deliveries are neither expressly permitted nor prohibited. We recommend that the Board study delivery services and propose draft regulatory rules. Hours of operation, truck advertising, and criminal background checks for employees will be critical considerations for the industry.''

The state rules suggest delivery to customers by anyone who is not licensed by the state to grow, produce or sell isn’t permitted.

This language is key: ''Upon receiving the shipment, the licensee receiving the product shall report the amount and/or weight of marijuana and/or marijuana products received in the traceability system.''